Drain attachment for cooking pots



March 26,1945. A SERKFS ETAL 2,391,163

DRAIN lATTACHMENT FOR COOKING POTS Filed Sept. 18. v19113 INVENTRS v Jc'ff.: 'Ts/ed BY ,sami 6er-m lA rroR/vsy Patented Mar. 26, 1946 yuNlTiezo STATES PATENT oFFicajgf DRAIN ATTACHMENT Fon COOKING PoTs Aaron Serkes and John Teska, Bronx, N. Y. Application september 1s, 1943, serial No. 502,936-k l 1 3 Claims.

provements in a drain attachment for cooking pots.

More specifically, the invention proposes the construction of a drain attachment adapted to be mounted upon the side of a cooking pot or other vessel in a manner to permit liquids contained within the pot to be drained from the solids contained in the pot Without spilling the solids contained therein.

Another object of the invention proposes characterizing the drain attachment by a perforated arcuately shaped sheet member having a curved side arranged to conform with the circular conguration ofthe pot or other vessel, and which is provided with a .plurality of perforations permitting the liquids to pass therethrough when the vpot' is tilted to the side provided with the drain attachment.

Still further it is proposed to provide the drain attachment with adjustably mounted spring clips adapted to be engaged with the sides of the pot orother vessel, and which are adjustable to permit the drain attachment to be used upon pots or vessels of different sizes.

Still another object of the invention proposes the constructing ofthe sheet member of a pair of segmental sheet sections which are pivotally connected together in a manner to be extended when desired to cover a larger area of the side of the pot or container, permitting the container I to be tilted to a greater degree regardless of the quantity of solids within the pot and permitting the Water to be completely drained therefrom Without spilling the solid contents.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a cooking pot provided with a drain attachment in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a bottom perspective view of one corner of the drain attachment, per se.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged partial sectional view taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged partial vertical sectional View taken substantially on the line 4--4 of Fig. l.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but illustrating a modification of the invention.

Fig. 6 is an enlargedpartial `,vertical sectional view taken on the` line B.6 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is 'an enlarged partial verticalsectional View taken on the line 'l-l of Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is aside elevational kview of ,acooking pot providedk with a drain attachment ,fcon structedin accordance with a still further modi# iication of the invention. I f The drain attachment for cooking pot'sVfacL cording to this invention,is to be used 'in corn-A bination with a pot l0 or other similar'yessel which has a rolled top edge II extendedjout'- wards of the side walls thereof. T he drain v`attachment is characterized by a perforatedfarcu'- ately shaped sheet member I2 which is arranged to extend against oneside of thel pot Y,I Il, l. as shown in Fig. 1. The sheet member isy characterized by a straight side andan opposed curved side with a spring clip I4 being mounteclon'the center of the curved side for engaging the side of the pot I0 and, more specifically,the-"rolled top edge II thereof. This lspringv clip.is' .A coristructedof metal and is securely attached tothe .sheet member I2 by means of a rivet l5., Tubular portions I6 are formed upon the 1'ends of the straight side of the sheet member I2and vslidably support Vspring clips .|1. v.The'sp'ring clips i1 are slidably extendedthrough' theftubular portions I6 and are providedat their" inner ends with outwardly projecting lugs I8 which are adapted to strike the inner end of the tubular portions I6 preventing the clips I'I from being completely disengaged from the tubular portion I6. The spring clips Il are frictionally slidably extended through the tubular portion I6 so that they will maintain desired adjusted position. The clips Il are slidably mounted to permit the sheet member I2 to be fixedly engaged upon the pots or Vessels of different diameters.

The operation of this form of the invention is as follows:

When it is desired to drain liquids from the solids contained within a pot I0 or other similar vessel, it is merely necessary to engage the sheet member I2 upon one side of the pot or vessel and tilt the pot to the side provided with the attachment permitting the water to pass through the perforations formed in the sheet member While the solids are retained within the pot by the sheet member. The engagement of the sheet member I2 on the pot is accomplished as fol-.

lows: First, the spring clip I4 is engaged with an adjacent area of the rolled top edge II of the pot IIJ. The spring clips I 'l are then extended beyond the sides of the pot l and are then pushed inwards, causing their clip portions to also engage the rolled top edge Il of the pot I0 to securely maintain .the drain attachment in position thereof. To remove the drain attachment the above procedure is reversed.

In the form of the invention shown in Figs. and 6 the drain attachment is characterized by a` pair of perforated segmental sheet members |21which arel pivotally connected together at their apexes by means of a'rivet I9. The

spring clip I4 is mounted upon the bottom face` of one of the segmental members l2.

The outer corner of each of the segmental members I2 is providedwith a separate tubular member I6 which is pivotally supported upon its respectivev corner by means of a` rivet V2l). These members pivotally connected atrtheir apexes and VAadapted to extend across the side of a pot or other vessel, la spring clip mounted on a central portion of the curved side of one of said members, tubular members swivelly mounted on the outer ends of the curved sides of said members, VAand spring clips slidably extended from said pivotally supported tubular members li'slidably support the spring clips I1 which are adapted to beengaged 'with the `sides of the pot .or container I0. 'I'heluse of the'drain attachment as shown in this modification is similar to .that previously described, except that the formation of the draining attachment 'off 'separate segmental members pivotally connected togetherpermits a greater area of the s ide of a pot or vessel to be covered by the drain attachment, permitting the container `to be tilted to a greater degree to entirely drain the. Water from the interior thereof regardless of the quantity'of solids lcontained fwithin the pot. The pivotalmounting. of the tubularmember i6 permits the spring clips lI 1 to be engaged with the sides of the potY 1 0 regardless 0f` the pivotal position Aof lthe segmental mem- Y In other respects this'form ofthe invention is similar to that previously shown and like reference numeralsidentify like partsin yeach of the severalviews. n Y 's In Fig. 8 the drain attachment is similar to` that described in Figs. 1-4,.except thatthe sheetmember l2." is convexedY upwardly., In other respects this form ofthe invention is similar to that previouslyl shown and like reference numerels identify like parts in each of the several views. .l n

While .Y we have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of our invention, itis to of .said tubular members.

tubular portions for engaging side portions of I said potor vessel.

2. A drain attachment for cooking pots, corn .prising a .pairl of` perforated segmental sheet members pivotally connected at their apexes and adapted to extend acrossthe side of a potror other vessel, a spring clip mounted ony Ya central portion of the curvedside of Vone of said members, tubular members swivelly mounted on the outer ends of the curved sides of saidmembers, and spring clipsslidably extended from said tubular portions V'for engaging side. portions of Y said pot or vessel, said segmental members being pivotally connected bya `rivet extended through `their apexes. Y Y

n 3. A drain attachment for cooking pots, comprising` a pair of perforated segmental sheet members pivotally connected at their apexes and adapted to extend across the side of a pot or kother vessel, a springclip mounted on a central portion of the curved sidel of one of said members, tubular members swivelly mounted Von the outer ends of the curved sides of said members, and spring clips slidably extended from said tubular 'portiensfor engaging side portions of said potw'or vessel, said tubular members being sWivelly mounted by rivets extended through the ends of said segmentalmembersand the topwalls 

